Tractor Operator 6-Month Course Offered By Tevta
Tevta offers a 6-month Tractor Operator Course in Pakistan, intending to instruct semi-skilled workers in the efficient and safe operation of tractors for diverse agricultural purposes. The 6-month Tractor Operator Course offered by Tevta in Pakistan is designed to train semi-skilled workers in the efficient and safe operation of tractors for various agricultural needs.
The course aims to equip participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively utilize tractors in the field. Through this program, Tevta aims to contribute to the development of the agricultural sector in Pakistan by enhancing the capabilities of tractor operators.
By completing this course, participants will be equipped with the necessary competencies to operate tractors with precision and ensure safety while carrying out agricultural activities.
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Details About Tractor Operator 6-Month Course
- Entry Level: Primary Pass
- Duration of Course: 6 Months
- Total Training Hours: 800 Hours
- Hours per Week: 40 Hours
- Daily Training Hours: 7 Hours per day (except Friday: 5 Hours)
- Training Days per Week: 6 Days
- Training Methodology:
- Practical: 80%
- Theory: 20%
- Medium of Instruction: Urdu / English
- Work Ethics: One Hour per Week
SKILL PROFICIENCY DETAILS
On successful completion of the Tractor Operator 6-Month Course, trainees should be able to:
- Qualify as a tractor operator and obtain a driving license.
- Operate the tractor efficiently with all the necessary types of equipment as seen.
- Precautions and rules of driving.
- Skillfully perform field operations with tractors and implements.
- Be able to operate the farm trolley, with the required safety.
- Selection and use of workshop tools correctly, appropriately, and carefully.
- Able to repair minor defects in tractor like wheel removal, tire removal
- Flat tube repair, and airlock removal.
- Carry out routine maintenance and periodic servicing of farm tractors.
- Install and remove tractor implements with a three-point linkage.
- Learn how to maintain the battery and electrical system.
- Learn the adjustment for V-belt replacement.
- Able to maintain a tractor logbook.
- Learn first aid and safety precautions during practical work.
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KNOWLEDGE PROFICIENCY DETAILS
On successful completion of the Tractor Operator 6 Month Course, trainees should be able to:
- Tractor and its significance.
- Agricultural implements and their importance in the field.
- Traffic Rules and Regulations and Road Safety
- Important components of a tractor and their functions.
- Tractor system.
- Periodic Maintenance of Tractors and its Importance.
- Care and cleaning of equipment after use.
- Selection of proper equipment and materials for tractor maintenance.
- Safety precautions in the use of tools, equipment, and farm machinery.
- Importance of log book writing.
- Dashboard instruments/instrument indicators.
- Battery and electrical system maintenance.
Curriculum Delivery Structure:
| Week | Course Delivery | Makeup | Session Revision | Co-Curricula Activities / Vacations | Final Test | Total |
| 1-20 | 20 weeks | 20 weeks | ||||
| 21-22 | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | ||||
| 23-24 | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | ||||
| 25 | 1 week | 1 week | ||||
| 26 | 1 week | 1 week | ||||
| Total | 26 weeks |
Scheme of Studies for the Tractor Operator 6-Month Course:
| Sr. No. | Subjects / Main Topics | Theory Hours | Practical Hours | Total Hours |
| Introduction & Importance of Farm Tractor and Farm Implements | 24 | – | 24 | |
| 2 | Various Types of Tractor | 18 | – | 18 |
| 3 | Identification of Various Parts of Tractor | – | 48 | 48 |
| 4 | Use of Hand Tools and Safety Precautions | 8 | 32 | 40 |
| 5 | Dashboard Panel | 4 | – | 4 |
| 6 | Driving Practice of Tractor | – | 60 | 60 |
| 7 | Knowledge of Road Signs and Traffic Rules | 8 | – | 8 |
| 8 | Object of Agriculture: Machinery | 18 | – | 18 |
| 9 | Three Point Linkage: Its Categories, Object, and Advantages | 20 | 80 | 100 |
| 10 | Method of Hitching Various Implements, Safety Precautions While Hitching | 12 | 48 | 60 |
| 11 | Driving of Tractor with Implements | – | 100 | 100 |
| 12 | Maintaining of Tractor Logbook | 8 | – | 8 |
| 13 | Systems of Tractors | 25 | 100 | 125 |
| 14 | Maintenance of Tractor, Study of Maintenance Manual | 15 | 60 | 75 |
| 15 | Land Leveling Equipment: Practical Use and Precision Land Leaving | – | 40 | 40 |
| 16 | Functional English | – | 40 | 40 |
| 17 | Industrial Study Tour (Two) | – | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Work Ethics | – | 20 | 20 |
| Total | 160 | 640 | 800 |
Course Contents of the Tractor Operator (6-Month Course):
| Sr. No. | Topics | Theory Hours | Practical Hours |
| 1 | Introduction and Importance of Farm Tractors | 24 | – |
| 2 | Various Types of Tractors | 18 | – |
| 2.1 | Driving around corners and reverse driving, with and without trailers | 18 | – |
| 3 | Identification of Various Parts of Tractors | – | 48 |
| 4 | Use of Hand Tools and Safety Precautions | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Dashboard Instruments, Gauges/Meters | 4 | – |
| 6 | Driving Tractors in Low and High Gear | – | 60 |
| 6.1 | Shifting gears up and down | – | |
| 6.2 | Driving round corners and reverse driving, with and without trailers | – | |
| 7 | Knowledge of Road Signs and Traffic Rules | 8 | – |
| 8 | Object of Agricultural Machinery | 18 | – |
| 9 | Three Point Linkage: Categories, Objects, and Advantages | 20 | 80 |
| 10 | Method of Hitching Implements & Safety Precautions | 12 | 48 |
| 11 | Driving of Tractor with Implements | – | 100 |
| 11.1 | Grader, cultivators, MB plough | – | |
| 11.2 | Disc plough, harrows, rotavators, border disc | – | |
| 11.3 | Ridgers, ditchers, post-hole diggers | – | |
| 11.4 | Fertilizer spreaders, sowing implements, hoeing, spraying, calibration, adjustment | – | |
| 11.5 | Various makes, models, HP ratings, fuel consumption, cost, and spare parts | – | |
| 11.6 | Driving tractor with trailers (forward/reverse) | – | |
| 12 | Maintaining Tractor Log Book | 8 | – |
| 13 | Systems of Tractors | 25 | 100 |
| 13.1 | Fuel system: tank, pump, filter, injection pump, injectors | 25 | |
| 13.2 | Lubrication system: splash, pressure feed, valve, oil pressure gauge | 25 | |
| 13.3 | Cooling system: radiator, fan, pump, thermostat | 25 | |
| 13.4 | Electrical system: battery, generator, starter, lights, relay | 25 | |
| 13.5 | Indicating gauges: oil pressure, temperature, ampere meter, fuel gauge | 25 | |
| 13.6 | Transmission: clutch, gears, differential, P.T.O shaft | 25 | |
| 13.7 | Brake & hydraulic system: pedals, fluids, discs, linkages | 25 | |
| 13.8 | Pre-start check: tire pressure, oil, fuel, battery, radiator, brakes | 25 | |
| 14 | Maintenance of Tractor | 15 | 60 |
| 14.1 | Study of maintenance manual | 15 | |
| 14.2 | Daily service: air cleaner, oil level, cooling system, lubrication | 15 | |
| 14.3 | Weekly service: steering, clutch, hydraulic system, battery check | 15 | |
| 14.4 | Monthly service: adjustments, operation in the field | 15 | |
| 15 | Land Leveling Equipment: Practical Use and Precision Land Leveling | – | 40 |
| 15.1 | Landscaper, laser land leveler, land planner | – | |
| 15.2 | Precision land leveling: definition, advantages, economical use | – | |
| 15.3 | Laser land leveling technology | – | |
| 16 | Functional English | – | 40 |
| 17 | Industrial Study Tour (Two) | – | 12 |
| 18 | Work Ethics | – | 20 |
| Total | 160 | 640 |
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Here is a systematic list of practicals for Tractor Operator 6-Month Course:
List of Practicals
a. Practical on the Road
- Driving Practice
- Reverse and forward driving in low and high gears, with and without attachments
- Single-wheel trailer and 4-wheel trailer
- Day and Night Driving Practice
- Follow traffic rules and regulations
- Highway codes and road signs
- Parking and Raging
- Practice parking and maneuvering.
b. Practical in the Field
- Hitching and De-hitching
- Agricultural machinery and equipment including tractors
- Adjustment and Operation of Farm Implements
- Cultivation, ploughing, leveling
- Sowing, hoeing, planting
- Drilling, ridging, ditching
- Harvesting, threshing
- Use of Farm Implements
- Spreaders, sprayers, sub-soilers
- Water pumps and other implements
c. Practical in the Workshop
- Introduction/Identification
- Farm machinery and implements
- Workshop tools
- Tractor and its major parts
- Tractor Operation
- Starting and stopping the tractor with proper procedure
- Maintaining the logbook
- Tool Usage and Maintenance
- Use tools properly and safely
- Maintenance of hand tools and farm implements
- Periodic Service
- Daily, weekly, monthly maintenance of tractor
- Small Repairs
- Lifting tractor by jack
- Removing airlocks
- Checking engine oil level and tire pressure
- Cleaning filters
- Tire and Belt Maintenance
- Removing the tire from the rim
- Mending flat tubes
- Replacing V-belt
- Calibration and Adjustment
- Calibration of grain drill/seed drill
- Practice hydraulic control levers
- Adjustment of brake and clutch
- Dashboard Instruments
- Reading dashboard instruments
- Care of the battery
Machinery
| Sr. No. | Nomenclature of Equipment/ Tool | Quantity |
| 1 | Tractor Flat 480 & 640 | 2 Nos. |
| 2 | Tractor MF 375 & MF 240, 385 | 2 Nos. |
Implements
| Sr. No. | Nomenclature of Equipment/ Tool | Quantity |
| 1 | Four Wheel Trailer | 1 No. |
| 2 | Two Wheel Trailer | 1 No. |
| 3 | Mould Board Plough | 1 No. |
| 4 | Disc Plough | 1 No. |
| 5 | Grain Drill Machine / Seed Drill Machine | 1 No. |
| 6 | Cotton Drill Machine | 1 No. |
| 7 | Fertilizer Spreader | 1 No. |
| 8 | Spring Loaded Cultivator | 1 No. |
| 9 | Spring Tine Cultivator | 1 No. |
| 10 | Rotavator | 1 No. |
| 11 | Rigger | 1 No. |
| 12 | Scraper | 1 No. |
| 13 | Ditcher | 1 No. |
| 14 | Disc Harrow | 1 No. |
| 15 | Sub Soiler | 1 No. |
| 16 | Leveler | 1 No. |
| 17 | Wheat Thresher | 1 No. |
Teaching Models
| Sr. No. | Nomenclature of Equipment/ Tool | Quantity |
| 1 | Two Stroke (Petrol Engine) | 1 No. |
| 2 | Four Stroke (Petrol Engine) | 1 No. |
| 3 | Diesel Engine Model Two Stroke | 1 No. |
| 4 | Four Stroke (Four Stroke Diesel Engine) | 1 No. |
| 5 | Gear Box Model | 1 No. |
| 6 | Mechanical Brake Model | 1 No. |
| 7 | Hydraulic Brake Model | 1 No. |
| 8 | Steering Model With Stand | 1 No. |
| 9 | Complete Main Axle Model With Stand | 1 No. |
| 10 | Fuel Injection Pump Model | 1 No. |
| 11 | Teaching Chart | 15 Nos. |
| 12 | Advisory Chart | 15 Nos. |
Workshop Tools
| Sr. No. | Nomenclature of Equipment/ Tool | Quantity |
| 1 | Air Compressor Machine (fix & portable) | 1 + 1 |
| 2 | Pedestal | 1 |
| 3 | Work Bench | 6 |
| 4 | Bench Vice | 6 + 6 |
| 5 | Grip Vice | 6 |
| 6 | Hydraulic Jack | 4 |
| 7 | Mechanical Jack | 4 |
| 8 | Support Stand | 8 |
| 9 | Portable Electric Welding Plant | 1 |
| 10 | Electric Hand Drill Machine | 1 |
| 11 | Electric Drill Machine with Bench | 1 |
| 12 | Tyre Opening Machine | 1 |
| 13 | Atomizer Tester | 1 |
| 14 | Bench Lever Shear (small) | 1 |
| 15 | Hand Grinder | 1 |
| 16 | Assembling Crane | 1 |
| 17 | Anvil (big & Small) | 2 |
| 18 | Surface Plates (Small) | 1 |
| 19 | Search Light | 1 |
| 20 | Grease Gun (hand) | 6 |
| 21 | Grease Gun (pedal Type) | 2 |
| 22 | Oil Gun | 2 |
| 23 | Oil Can | 6 |
| 24 | Oil Tray (Different Sizes) | 6 + 6 |
| 25 | Jerry Can | 6 |
| 26 | Measuring Container (1/4, 1/2, 2.5Ltr) | 5 |
| 27 | Paint Gun | 2 |
| 28 | Hydrometer | 2 |
| 29 | Filling Dropper | 2 |
| 30 | Battery Dropper | 2 |
| 31 | Battery Terminal Puller | 4 |
| 32 | Wheel Spanner | 4 |
| 33 | Sledge Spanner | 2 |
| 34 | Hammer (One KG) | 2 |
| 35 | Hammer (Two KG) | 2 |
| 36 | Ball Pen Hammer | 2 |
| 37 | Rubber Hammer or Plastic Hammer | 4 |
| 38 | Steel Rule | 12 |
| 39 | Scrapers | 12 |
| 40 | Vernier Caliper (Inch & mm) | 6 |
| 41 | Micrometer (Different Sizes Inch & mm) | 8 |
| 42 | Oil Pressure Gauge | 3 |
| 43 | Tachometer | 2 |
| 44 | Measuring Cloth Tape (50 Meter) | 2 |
| 45 | Air Pressure Gauge | 4 |
| 46 | Tyre Lever | 6 |
| 47 | Pipe Cutter | 3 |
| 48 | Pipe Vice | 1 |
| 49 | Pipe Die | 1 |
| 50 | Thread Die Set (Inch) | 2 |
| 51 | Thread Die Set (mm) | 2 |
| 52 | Thread Tap Set (Inch) | 2 |
| 53 | Thread Tap Set (mm) | 2 |
| 54 | Socket Spanner ‘T’ Handle | 2 |
| 55 | Socket Spanner Ratchet Handle | 2 |
| 56 | Socket Spanner Universal Handle | 2 |
| 57 | Extension Rod | 2 |
| 58 | Power Rod | 2 |
| 59 | Adjustable Wrenches (6”) | 6 |
| 60 | Adjustable Wrenches (12”) | 6 |
| 61 | Torque Wrenches | 2 |
| 62 | Pipe Wrenches | 2 |
| 63 | Chain/Strap Wrenches | 2 |
| 64 | End Puller Set | 2 |
| 65 | C-Clamp (Different Types) | 4 |
| 66 | Bearing Puller | 5 |
Toolkit
| Sr. No. | Nomenclature of Equipment/ Tool | Quantity |
| 1 | Open End Spanner Set (6-32 mm) | 6 (Set) |
| 2 | Open End Spanner Set (inch type) | 6 (Set) |
| 3 | Ring Spanner Set (6-32 mm) | 6 (Set) |
| 4 | Ring Spanner Set (inch type) | 6 (Set) |
| 5 | Allen Key Socket Spanner Set (mm) | 6 (Set) |
| 6 | Allen Key Socket Spanner Set (inch) | 6 (Set) |
| 7 | Socket Spanner Set (mm) | 6 (Set) |
| 8 | Socket Spanner Set (inch) | 6 (Set) |
| 9 | Hammer Small | 6 |
| 10 | Combination Pliers | 6 |
| 11 | Outside Ring Pliers | 6 |
| 12 | Inside Ring Pliers | 6 |
| 13 | Long Nose Pliers | 6 |
| 14 | Front Cutter Pliers | 6 |
| 15 | Side Cutter Pliers | 6 |
| 16 | Grip Plier | 6 |
| 17 | Rough Flat File | 6 |
| 18 | Square File | 6 |
| 19 | Fine Flat File | 6 |
| 20 | Round File | 6 |
| 21 | Scraper Flat | 6 |
| 22 | Scraper (Spoon Type) | 6 |
| 23 | Scraper (Three Corner) | 6 |
| 24 | Center Punch | 6 |
| 25 | Drift Punch | 6 |
| 26 | Hand Hack Saw Frame (300 mm) | 6 |
| 27 | Chisel | 6 |
| 28 | Flat Screwdriver | 6 |
| 29 | Phillips Screwdriver | 6 |
| 30 | Spring Pliers | 6 |
| 31 | Tool Box | 6 |
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION OF TEACHER
- B.Sc. Agri Engineering (with 5 years experience)
OR - DAE in Auto & Farm Machinery (with 5 years experience)
Matric with two-year Certificate of:- - Tractor & Auto Farm Mechanic
- Auto & Farm Machinery
- Auto Diesel Mechanic
With 10 years of experience
FOR PRACTICAL STAFF - Shop Assistant / Assistant Mechanic / Helper / Tractor Driver (with 5 Year
Experience)
REFERENCE BOOKS
- Tractor ki Dekh Bhal aur Muramat
- Farm Machinery aur Zari Alat
(Intermediate Unit 1-9, AIOU) - Tractor ka Istamal aur Dekh Bhal
- Zari Alat wa Dekh Bhal (Regional Agriculture Economic Development Center)
- Auto Mechanics, AIOU
- A Guide to Tractor Operation and Maintenance, Rao EGA, Asia Publications House,
London.
EMPLOYABILITY OF PASSOUTS
- A pass out of this course will be able to work in the following sectors/positions.
- Millat Tractor Service Center, Lahore & Multan.
- Work as an Employed Tractor Driver with Progressive Farmers / Land Owners.
- Employment in Different Organizations such as Govt. Departments, Municipal
Administration - Karkhana Alat-i-Zari, Bahawalpur
- Bahawalpur Rural Development Project, Bahawalpur (Cholistan)
- Thal Development Authority & & Engineering Workshop Layyah / Bakkar
- Alghazi Tractor Ltd, DG Khan
- Millat Tractor Ltd, Lahore
- Alghazi Tractor Service Center, Multan.
